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Hectorite, a Common card
Hectorite is a rare soft, greasy, white, lithium-rich clay mineral with a chemical formula of Na0.33Si4O102.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 46
- DEF
- 26
- Power
- 72
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 5,700
Power 72 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 15 % of WikiCards cards.
Hectorite quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hectorite card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Hectorite belongs to the smectite group, it is a ______ 2:1 clay mineral.
Answer
swelling. Hectorite belongs to the smectite group, it is a swelling 2:1 clay mineral. From the Hectorite article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Hectorite was first described in ____ and named for an occurrence in the United States near Hector, California.
Answer
1940s. Hectorite was first described in 1941 and named for an occurrence in the United States near Hector, California. From the Hectorite article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Rudolf Mössbauer. Rudolf Mössbauer 53 · Girard Desargues 49 · Hectorite 46 · Mitragyna 42 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Hectorite was first described in 1941 and named for an occurrence in the United States near Hector, California.
- Hectorite belongs to the smectite group, it is a swelling 2:1 clay mineral.
- Hectorite occurs with bentonite as an alteration product of clinoptilolite from volcanic ash and tuff with a high glass content.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hectorite article was read about 5,700 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 46 and blocks with 26: each hit it takes is cut by 10 %.
How to get Hectorite
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Hectorite in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Handbook of the Christian KnightCommon · Society · ATK 45 DEF 27
- Questions of BartholomewCommon · Society · ATK 47 DEF 25
- Vimal MundadaCommon · History · ATK 49 DEF 23
- Kurt AlderCommon · Science · ATK 48 DEF 24
- MitragynaCommon · Nature · ATK 42 DEF 30
- Mohammad YacobCommon · Society · ATK 48 DEF 24
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hectorite (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Dave Dyet http://www.shutterstone.com http://www.dyet.com, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
